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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






2. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






3. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






4. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






5. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






6. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






7. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






8. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






9. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






10. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






11. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






12. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






13. Application of potassium sulphide






14. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






15. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






16. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






17. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






18. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






19. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






20. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






21. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






22. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






23. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






24. Something that supports a sculpture






25. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






26. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






27. Pale green






28. Technique of shading using dots to control value






29. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






30. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






31. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






32. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






33. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






34. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






35. Where the revolving door was fully developed






36. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






37. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






38. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






39. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






40. Known for his glass sculpture






41. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






42. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






43. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






44. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






45. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






46. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






47. The amount of light reflected by a hue






48. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






49. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






50. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han